The latest modern take on a water song.
I've steered the navigations,
I know all the towpaths' names,
But forget Love's assignations.
I played the lovelorn fool
From Leeds to Liverpool,
And refused a marriage hand
On the frozen Union Grand.
I showed a bargee's unction
To a maid on the Grand Junction,
And to Cupid refused to yield
On the frozen Macclesfield.
I flew a lovers' pennant
For a girl on the Kennet,
But lowered my desire
On the frozen Shropshire.
For wherever I might roam,
My heart stays at home,
Kept by the lock-keeper's daughter
On the balmy Bridgewater.
Poetry by Christopher Fernie
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Written on 2017-03-31 at 23:13
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The Lock-keeper's Daughter
From the Mersey to the Thames,I've steered the navigations,
I know all the towpaths' names,
But forget Love's assignations.
I played the lovelorn fool
From Leeds to Liverpool,
And refused a marriage hand
On the frozen Union Grand.
I showed a bargee's unction
To a maid on the Grand Junction,
And to Cupid refused to yield
On the frozen Macclesfield.
I flew a lovers' pennant
For a girl on the Kennet,
But lowered my desire
On the frozen Shropshire.
For wherever I might roam,
My heart stays at home,
Kept by the lock-keeper's daughter
On the balmy Bridgewater.
Poetry by Christopher Fernie
Read 621 times
Written on 2017-03-31 at 23:13
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